PLAYED AT: ZS PopradDate: Apr 17, 2017GAME NOTES: NEWCOMERS LEAD CANADA TO WIN OVER SWISS
JASON LA ROSE
POPRAD, Slovakia – Jack Studnicka (Tecumseh, Ont./Oshawa, OHL) and Cody Glass (Winnipeg, Man./Portland, WHL) made their debuts in style, scoring two goals apiece to help Canada’s National Men’s Under-18 Team to a 7-3 win over Switzerland on Monday at the 2017 IIHF U18 World Championship.
Studnicka and Glass were the final two players added to the Canadian roster after their teams were eliminated from the Canadian Hockey League playoffs on the weekend.
Kyle Olson (Calgary, Alta./Tri-City, WHL), Stelio Mattheos (Winnipeg, Man./Brandon, WHL) and MacKenzie Entwistle (Georgetown, Ont./Hamilton, OHL) had the other goals for the Canadians, who won for the third time in as many games to stay within a point of Finland for first place in Group A.
Canada faces the Finns on Tuesday (9:30 a.m. ET/6:30 a.m. PT) to wrap up the preliminary round.
Studnicka didn’t waste any time getting his name on the scoreboard, circling out of the corner and throwing a shot on net that eluded Swiss goaltender Gianluca Zaetta for the 1-0 goal at 9:44.
Glass doubled the lead less than three minutes later, going five-hole on Zaetta to send the Canadians to the dressing room up by a pair.
Studnicka struck again 3:31 into the second period, one-timing in a feed from Matthew Strome (Mississauga, Ont./Hamilton, OHL) to make it 3-0 and chase Zaetta, who was replaced by Akira Schmid after allowing three goals on 13 shots.
Special teams got the Swiss back into the game before the end of the middle frame; Keijo Weibel jumped on a loose puck in the neutral zone and beat Canadian netminder Jake McGrath (Mississauga, Ont./Sudbury, OHL) for a shorthanded goal at 12:33, and Philipp Kurashev converted on a power play at 18:35 to cut the lead to one after 40 minutes.
But Glass redirected a pass from Jocktan Chainey (Asbestos, Que./Halifax, QMJHL) past Schmid just 75 seconds into the third period, and Olson wired in a wrist shot off a Glass set-up at 9:47 to put the Canadians back up by three at 5-2.
Nando Eggenberger scored for Switzerland to make it a two-goal game with less than four minutes to go, but Mattheos hit the empty net with 2:25 left, and Entwistle capped the scoring in the final minute.
McGrath finished with 27 saves in his first start of the tournament.

Visiting Team: Switzerland

Home Team: Canada

SWITZERLAND LINEUP

Pos

No.

Name

G

1

Zaetta, Gianluca

G

29

Schmid, Akira

G

30

Trudel, Beat

2

Barandun , Davyd

4

Le Coultre, Simon

6

Simic, Axel

7

Patry, Stephane

9

Muller, Nicolas

10

Schüpbach, Mick

11

Leuenberger, Sven

12

Dopfner, Andreas

13

Hischier, Nico

14

Matewa, Lucas

15

Sigrist, Justin

16

Weibel, Keijo

19

Riat, Arnaud

21

Berni, Tim

22

Eggenberger, Nando

23

Kurashev, Philipp

24

Geisser, Tobias

25

Petrig, Jan

26

Gross, Nico

28

Kohler, Gilian

SWITZERLAND PENALTIES

Per.

No.

Min

Offence

Off

PP

PS

Start

On

1st

2

2:00

Interference

14:43

1

14:43

16:43

2nd

11

2:00

Hooking

11:35

1

11:35

13:35

2nd

25

2:00

Slashing

13:21

1

13:21

15:21

CANADA LINEUP

Pos

No.

Name

G

1

Scott, Ian

G

29

Gravel, Alexis

G

30

McGrath, Jacob

2

Brook, Josh

3

Mitchell, Ian

4

Smith, Ty

5

Chainey, Jocktan

8

Woo, Jett

9

Ratcliffe, Isaac

10

Schnarr, Nate

11

Anderson-Dolan, Jaret

12

Mattheos, Stelio

14

Comtois, Maxime

15

Olson, Kyle

16

Thomas, Akil

18

Glass, Cody

21

Dellandrea, Ty

22

Studnicka, Jack

23

Noël, David

24

McIsaac, Jared

26

Entwistle, MacKenzie

27

Hawel, Liam

28

Strome, Matthew

CANADA PENALTIES

Per.

No.

Min

Offence

Off

PP

PS

Start

On

1st

16

2:00

High-Sticking

17:05

1

17:05

19:05

1st

24

2:00

Interference

19:47

1

19:47

1:47

2nd

14

2:00

Diving

5:43

1

5:43

7:43

2nd

9

2:00

Tripping

18:15

1

18:15

18:35

2nd

4

2:00

Delay of Game

18:19

1

18:19

0:19

3rd

5

2:00

Cross-Checking

10:37

1

10:37

12:37

SWITZERLAND Goals

SWITZERLAND PLAYERS (plus)

CANADA PLAYERS (minus)

Per.

Time

G-As1-As2

2nd

12:33

SH

16

2nd

18:35

PP

23-4

3rd

16:07

22-23-13

CANADA Goals

CANADA PLAYERS (plus)

SWITZERLAND PLAYERS (minus)

Per.

Time

G-As1-As2

1st

9:44

22-15

1st

12:29

18-5

2nd

3:31

22-28

3rd

1:15

18-5-8

3rd

9:47

15-18-5

3rd

17:35

12

3rd

19:19

26-24-3

POWER PLAY OPPORTUNITIES

SWITZERLAND

1 / 6

CANADA

0 / 3

PENALTY SUMMARY

SWITZERLAND

6 min / 3 inf

CANADA

12 min / 6 inf

POINT SUMMARY

SWITZERLAND

3 G + 3 A = 6 Pts

CANADA

7 G + 9 A = 16 Pts

SCORING

1

2

3

Total

SWITZERLAND

0

2

1

3

CANADA

2

1

4

7

GOALTENDER/SAVES (Time)

1

2

3

Tot.

On

Off

SUI - Zaetta (23:31)

8

0

0

8

/0:00

2nd/3:31

SUI - Schmid (33:03) (L)

0

14

5

19

/3:31

3rd/16:34

SUI - Schmid (2:25) (L)

0

0

0

0

/17:35

3rd/20:00

CAN - McGrath (60:00) (W)

6

11

10

27

/0:00

3rd/20:00

Stars of the Game

TIME OF GAME:

-

Start:

-

End:

-

Attendance:

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Referee:

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Linesman:

Linesman:

CERTIFIED CORRECT

This report has been checked and verified against the Official IIHF U18 World Championship Game Report.